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"W-What's going on?" Linda Loud said, she was suddenly alarmed and understandably so.
The house was surrounded by the police.
Lisa room that was now empty was sealed off, nobody could access it and now the rest of the family was being pushed into the adult dining room.
Were they going to take all their children and have them watch?
Everybody was hugging each other, both Lana and Lola were crying.
They did not want to be separated from each other.
And then something shocking happened.
A four-year-old with brown hair and glasses escorted by police men, walked in.
Everybody recognised her instantly.
"LISA!?" They all said, suddenly they all want to huge her.
"Too *gasp* tight" She said, turning red.
They all backed off realising she wasn't getting any air in her lungs.
"We're so glad to have you back" Leni said, in her usual oblivious tone "That sleepover was really long., huh. Now, we just have to wait for Lincoln and Lily."
And as soon as she said that, there was a long and uncomfortable silence.
Had nobody explained to her what was happening to their family?
But the thing is, Lori did explain to Leni about what was going on, but Leni had gone off the deep end and escaped into her own delusions, then face reality.
Which was a very unhealthy thing to do but it was relatable.
"Y-Yeah, Leni. I just came back from a sleep over" Lisa said, with a crooked smile.
Reality was so much harsher, then a delusion.
When she was taken away, the social worker did keep her promise.
Lisa was taken to a government funded bordering school for high intelligent children, at first, she didn't mind her new environment.
What was not to like?
Finally, she was around kid's who was as smart as her or even smarter.
The equipment around her was state of the art and wasn't anywhere close to what she used.
Then she found out, the classes she would be going to were basic classes, that only existing for kid's who did not understand Health and Safety or Human Morals.
The first class had no experiments in it which bored her but she was taught how dangerous it was to be around a none-lethal substances without Googles and gloves, she had to snort.
The instructor for the class was strict and made sure to look over her shoulder at all times.
It was the first time, somebody had actually poked their noses into her business and didn't go blank every time she opened her mouth to say something.
She didn't like it.
"Hey, guys" Said, a voice that they all could recognise.
Could it be?
They all turned around while holding their breath's.
But it was really him.
It was really Lincoln.
Ch 7: A Therapy session that ends in a shocking way.
"Lincoln?" Lori said.
And Lincoln felt immediately awkward when he saw her, the last time he had seen here, he had yelled at her and told her he hated her.
Then he was hugged and almost crushed to death, by the rest of the family.
"G-Guy's *gasp* T-Too tight" He managed to squeeze out.
They released him.
"Bro, what's going on?" Luna said, in her fake English accent.
She did not know that her accent had just offended a nearby officer who just happened to be British.
"Yes, I would like to know as well" Lisa said, "They just pulled me out"
"Lincoln. Are we being deemed good parents and all the charges against us, have been dropped?" Lynn Loud Senior said.
He prayed that was the case.
Everybody looked at him with shining hope.
The one who looked the most desperate was his sister Lynn.
She felt absolutely terrible for what she had done.
If she know how her actions would one day lead to this, she would have never asked Lincoln to come to the game.
After Lincoln was taken away, she had thrown out all her lucky stuff and got into fights at school.
She promised to never belief in a superstition's ever again, she just wanted her family to be fixed.
And what bothered her the most was, never once did she stop to think about her actions when she alienated her own brother.
Even when she accepted that he wasn't bad luck anymore, she was never sorry for her actions.
The person feeling the most guilt in the house, was undoubtedly her.
"Actually...this is my therapy session. The only reason why Lily isn't here is because she is a baby." Lincoln said, cutting them all right out of their hope, he hated to be the one to tell them the family was still falling apart.
"Therapy?" Luan said, "What do you need therapy for?"
This new serious Luan was bothering everybody, but there wasn't much to smile about right now.
Who had the gut's to crack a joke, right now?
"Urm..." Lincoln said, turning to the adults near the room, the police officers left the house to give them privacy. "I need to tell you guys something. I think you all, should sit down"
They all looked at each other and then took a seat.
"Lincoln, you can tell us anything" Lola said.
"Okay, then. Here it goes" Lincoln said, taking a deep breath before confessing. "Lori, I'm sorry."
They all looked at Lori in surprise and she, herself was surprised as well by the sudden apology.
"I shouldn't have yelled at you and said I hated you" Lincoln said, "You are the oldest, I didn't realise how much you must have had on your plate. I was just so mad and angry that I just wanted to hurt something. I don't hate you, in fact, I will always love you and see you as my big sister."
"Apology accepted." Lori said, touched, Lincoln would never know how much those words meant to her.
In fact, they were all touched.
They thought that Lincoln was going to say nice things about all of them.
In fact, they could all do with some cheering up.
It would be nice to know that even if they were falling apart they were still connected.
But they were wrong.
So wrong.
Today they weren't dealing with the Lincoln they wanted to see, they were dealing with his real self, something that hadn't been done in years.
"Mom. Dad" Lincoln said, taking a breather.
"Yes, son?" Both of them said, smiling, they were ready for the touching compliments.
However, when Lincoln mouth opened, their smiles froze in place.
"I NEVER WANTED TO BE A REPLACEMENT FOR YOU IN THIS HOUSE!" He yelled and everybody smile's froze.
"W-What?" His mother said.
"Dad, Mom. You never asked me if I wanted to step in for both of you!" Lincoln said, as all of their jaws dropped. "I get I'm the middle child but I never wanted to be the person that all 10 kids' go to! Why should I be the peacemaker in this family? Why should I be the one to take care of Lily? If you can't be with all of us, then why can't you ask the government to hire a Nanny? I'm falling apart!"
Lincoln then pointed to the bags under his eyes.
"LOOK AT THESE! These are BAGS!" He said. "I am only 11 years old but I've had had these for YEARS! Every time we take a photo, I see that I am the only one who has Bag's under my eyes. And do you know why I have Bag's under my eyes? It's because I am worked to death and barely get enough sleep in this house! Do you think I wanted Lynn to stay in my room for a couple of nights!? It's bad enough, I have to deal with her in the day, now I had to deal with her at night as well!"
"W-What?" Lynn said, while the rest gasped.
"Yes, I will say it" Lincoln said, turning to Lynn. "I DON'T LIKE YOU!"
Silence.
What Lincoln didn't like Lynn!?
"In fact, out of all my sister's. You are my least favourite!" He said, and Lynn felt like she experienced a bunch to the heart. "Do you think I enjoy, you constantly punching me!? Do you think, I enjoy you threatening me all the time!? You have a serious problem's! Out of all 10 sisters, why is it that you are the only one who seems to see no problem with using her fists for everything!? If I were to punch you, I would be made to apologise but why is it different for you!?"
Everybody was silent, their brains not working.
"And do you know who you remind me off?" Lincoln said, "Ronnie Anne Santiago! A girl who I will never. EVER. EVER! LIKE! And do you know why!? It's because she reminds me of you! I can't even believe that I listened to you guys, I actually befriend her! I don't even know how shoving me in a locker and dumping food on my head is, love! The worst part is, she never apologised for what she did to me but at least she stopped. But Lynn was still doing it, until I somebody was smart enough to call the Police!"
And Lynn Jr did something she hadn't done in years.
She started crying.
"And you know, what?" Lincoln said, "I don't even have any sympathy left for you. Any attempt to bond with you, has been blown every time you throw a punch to my side. But I could never say I hate you because I was expected to 'love' all my sisters."
"Too harsh bro" Luna said, "Why don't you step outside?"
"No, let's get onto you" Lincoln said, making her flinch. "I want to know when you're going to get rid of that fake accent. It's offensive!"
Everybody gasped, again.
"Oh, come on. Don't act surprised" Lincoln said. "We all know it's offensive and yet we let her do it anyway, because we don't want to hurt her feelings! What about the British kid's in the neighbourhood who's feelings are hurt every time she opens her mouth? She goes to one concert and suddenly think's it's okay to butcher a whole countries language!? And the noise! Don't tell me, nobody noticed how many people have moved out over the years, because of Luna and her nonstop, loud guitar! I was at an orphanage on the other side of town and I could still hear it! How many of us bang on her door per week because she's being too loud!?"
Now it was Luna turn to cry.
Everybody looked down because what he said was true.
They just learned to deal with it but even some times, it was too much for even for them.
"And Luan, thank god. You stopped with the jokes!" He said, as Luan mouth opened and closed. "How many years, have you told jokes none stop for? It gets so much that I feel like I'm going insane! And do you know what's the scariest day of the year is for me? It's certain isn't Halloween. It's April the 1st!"
His words shocked her.
"Every year, everybody in this house, lives in in fear because of you!" He said, "Do you actually think just because it's April Fools it gives you the right to be insane? Luan. Last year you could have killed any of us! I was terrified. We were allterrified! A holiday which is supposed to be light and fun, is a horror show for us. None of us wanted to get out of our rooms because of you!"
"I-Is that true?" Luan said, looking around but nobody could meet her eyes.
Was she really that bad on April Fools day?
"Then Lucy." Lincoln said, making the girl flinch. "Have you told anybody in this house except for me that you like, a bright and cheerful book about unicorns?"
"What?" Lisa said. "Aren't you the one who loved that book?"
"No, that Book belonged to Lucy. I just covered for her." Lincoln said, making them all turn to her.
"Lincoln...you promise you wouldn't tell" Lucy said.
"No, Lucy" Lincoln said. "If you can't even tell our parents, that you like a bright and colourful book. Then there is a serious problem with our family"
Who was this person inside Lincoln's body!? They all wanted to know.
"I mean, seriously!" Lincoln said, "I can't be the only one who sees that Lucy, is the only one covering her eyes with her hair because our parents don't want to look at them! Isn't that messed up!? Do you see any other family doing that?"
"LINCOLN LOUD!" His father said.
But Lincoln ignored him.
He ignored him!
"Lucy, you have beautiful eyes and it's sad, knowing that you have to cover them because our own parents don't like the look of them" Lincoln said, speaking to his little sister. "What other's thing's do you feel the need to hide from us? Do you even like dressing in all black? What about reading dark stories? Do you like burying thing's? What about reading occult? Is nobody but me bothered that Lucy has to hide a part of herself because our parents don't like it? What happened to 'Just be yourself'?"
"Lincoln..." Lucy said, she was touched but their parents looked like they were just slapped.
Everybody looked at Lincoln with wide eyes.
"And Lana. God, where do I start?" Lincoln said, making her flinch. "You're disgusting."
"Thank you" Lana said.
"It's not a good thing!" Lincoln said, making her smile freeze. "You eat garbage! We have a fully stocked fridge. Why don't you use it!? Do you know you are a huge part of my stress!? I don't want you to die!"
Silence.
"W-What?" Lana said.
"Everybody in this house needs to stop sparing each other's feeling's! We wouldn't have so many problems in this house, otherwise!" Lincoln said, before turning to educate Lana. "Lana, allthe garbage you eat is full of bacteria and those bacteria come from people. What you eat has been in a random person's mouth or used like when you're on the toilet. Those bacteria are harmful enough to kill you, if you eat them and they managed to multiply inside your body. If they don't kill you then the bacteria that fly's carry around, from landing on who knows what, before landing on the garbage will. Then to make matter's worse, garbage attracts Rats and other creatures who carry even worse bacteria. It's a miracle, that you're even alive!"
"W-What?" Lana said, even she was beginning to cry.
Everybody tried to comfort her but what he said was true, however, everybody was too afraid to say it.
"And then there is Lola" Lincoln said, turning the twin who flinched. "You drive me crazy as well! You are only 6 years old but you act like you're the boss of me! I don't even like going to your beauty pageants because I don't like talking to kid's half my age who judge's people based on their looks! Every time I go there, I have degraded and ashamed of what I look like. Find somebody else to feel humiliated."
And it was like Lola received a punch to the face.
"And Lisa, you make me uncomfortable" he said, turning his genius twin sister. "You don't seem to realise what you can and not do. I don't like having a tracking chip on me. I don't like being monitored everywhere I go. I don't like how your lab is even in the house. The explosion coming from your room terrify me! And what I hate the most about you, is that, because I have a lower IQ then you, you don't take anything I say seriously. I hope wherever they took you, they teach you morals because many times I wanted to do more than just yelling."
Making Lisa eyes were wide.
"Leni, I think you're a great sister." Lincoln said, turning to the kindest sister of all. "You helped me so much and you have an amazing fashion sense."
"Thanks Lincoln" Leni said, smiling.
"So, I want to help you. When I asked my phycologist, I learnt about 'Learning Disability' and 'Dyslexia'" Lincoln said, making them all gasp again. "I think you need to do a test because you might have a little bit of both."
"Lincoln! There is nothing wrong with her!" His mother said. "How can you even suggest that!"
"Wake up, mom!" Lincoln said. "Leni is 16 years old and she finds it difficult to count! She was taught just like everybody else and yet why is it that she is the only one getting lost on the way to the bathroom! Sometimes she doesn't even know what is happening around her and where she is! She needs help but for some reason you think that ignoring the problem, means that it would go away! Do you not want to spend money? You can always ask the gov-"
A harsh sound, echoed through the room.
All eyes were wide when they realised that sound was the sound of a palm meeting flesh.
Their own mother had slapped him.
"LINCOLN LOUD! I will not sit here and let you talk trash about your parents and your own sisters." She said. "You are a Loud and Laud's love each other."
But the real Lincoln was still in charge.
"Oh, that's funny" He said, he was well aware of his stinging of his cheek. "Where was the love in this house when you forced me to sleep outside in the cold? You didn't even give me a blanket!"
His words hit them all.
"Where was the love when my own breakfast was shoved through the cat flap?" He said, looking around, however nobody could meet his eyes. "I could have died outside but it would have been fine because you would have all 'gotten rid of the bad luck for good'. I even thought it was my fault and made excuses for you every day but I realise now. I just came from a terrible family."
They all gasped.
"That's not true" Lori said. "We love you"
"Then where is the love when my own mother slapped me and nobody came to my defence for speaking the truth!?" He said, suddenly Lori went mysterious quiet. "Our family is a mess and will always be a mess. I hope you all lead wonderful lives. Because I don't want anything to do with this family. Have fun, mom, dad, rotting in jail. Because I'm not going to sing praises about my own parents who are trapped in their own bubble that they don't want to think that there is anything wrong, in court"
Then he walked away, leaving them all stunned.
None of them could believe it.
Did Lincoln just say he wouldn't defend his own parents in court?
And scene!
Next chapter, Lincoln stays away from his family despite the fast approaching court date and the Louds talk to Clyde, hoping to use him to persuade Lincoln to change his mind. However, being an environment that wants to help him, it provides the backbone that he needs to stand by his decision. Review/fav and follow!